Often a subtle change in the color tone of your hair can enhance your features and make your skin healthier and brighter. Has it ever happened to you? Likewise, if you get the color wrong, the exact opposite can happen. Looking at yourself in the mirror, your image appears dull and worn.
Most likely, your current hair color doesn't work well with your complexion. Find out how to avoid this problem and learn how to find the best color according to your skin undertone.
How to identify the skin tone?
First, you need to find out which undertone your complexion belongs to: warm, cool or neutral? In fact, even light skin can have different shades, as well as dark skin. There are some effective methods to determine this; for best results, we recommend that you check them all.
- How you tan: If your skin turns red after sun exposure and is prone to sunburn, you have a cool undertone. If you tan easily, your skin's undertone is warm or neutral.
- The color of your veins: observe the veins of the wrist in daylight: if they appear green it means that you have a warm undertone; if the veins are blue or purple, the complexion tone is cold. If you can't tell for sure if your veins are bluer or greener, you have a neutral undertone.
- How your skin looks compared to something neutral: Wear a white T-shirt or just put a sheet of paper next to your face. Look in the mirror in a well-lit room (natural light is best). If your face appears yellowish, warm tones prevail; if it is rosy, you probably have some cold undertones. Neither? Presumably, your skin's undertone is neutral.
What are the best hair colors based on your skin tone?
What does the general rule say? Cold undertones look good with hair of the same category, while warm undertones enhance equally warm colors. Matching the right hair color according to your skin tone means naturally illuminating the complexion and features.
Choosing a totally opposite tone, however, can give rise to surprising contrasts. Did you know that? Very light and cold freckled skin for example, looks great with warm copper-colored hair. Let's compare the different ways to find the hair color that best suits your complexion.
Light skin with warm undertone
If you have fair skin and are naturally blonde, we recommend going for honey or golden blonde, both of which are perfect for your warm complexion. Attention! Do not darken your hair more than half a tone, otherwise you will appear "washed out".
If your hair is darker and you have fair skin with warm undertones, choose between warm or cool browns. Colors such as milk chocolate, caramel or golden brown will beautifully complement the warm tones of your complexion, highlighting brown and green eyes.
Do you like contrasts? Cool brown, on the other hand, will create a gorgeous effect when paired with warm skin, accentuating blue and gray eyes. Seeing is believing!
Light skin with neutral undertones
Light skin with neutral shades looks good with both warm and cool colors. If you want to look younger and more radiant, opt for warm shades. In general, they perform an instant anti-aging effect (think of JLo's caramelized locks or Jennifer Aniston's timeless golden highlights).
Light skin with cool undertones
If you have very fair skin, be extremely careful when choosing the color. Cool shades look great with deep red and purple hair.
The yellowish tints, on the contrary, turn off your complexion, making it dull. Don't want to give up on hot hair? Strawberry blonde and auburn create a nice contrast to the cool undertone skin. Ask the hairdresser for advice, he will be able to guide you towards the best decision.
Olive skin with warm undertone
Light honey brown, with caramel highlights, is the best solution for medium to warm skin tone. This hair color will enhance your tan and make your skin brighter and healthier, naturally.
Olive skin with neutral undertone
If you have these basic characteristics, you can flaunt any hair color without a problem, including quirky and vibrant shades like pink, blue, green, yellow and even the rainbow. The only fundamental factor to consider before experimenting with various dyes will be the health of your hair.
Olive skin with cool undertone
Cool tones are best for enhancing this type of complexion - from ash blonde to chocolate, any similar color will work well for your features. Cold skin often tends to redden, even quite noticeably. If this problem is familiar to you, avoid red, auburn, and purplish tints.
Dark skin with warm undertone
There are many hair colors that look good on dark skin. If you want to enhance the warm undertone of your complexion, choose between rich and warm shades. Balayage or golden ombre are perfect for maintaining a natural look. Both techniques stand divinely with olive skin.
Dark skin with neutral undertone
If you have dark skin with neutral undertones, both cool and warm colors will suit your face equally well. Try experimenting with both colors (example: ash blonde or golden blonde). But try to keep it looking rather natural.
Dark skin with cool undertones
Even the color of dark skin can have noticeable cold tones, yes! The right shade of hair for this complexion is the one that comes closest to the natural color of the whole: dark and cold brown.
What do you think? Were you able to understand what the undertone of your skin is? And most importantly, do you find the right shade of hair color? We look forward to seeing you in the comments!
